uwin implements symlinks as shortcuts
this was done before win32 added (almost) real symlinks
the win32 model is strange
it needs to know if the target is a dir or not
it insists on storing the absolute path of the target
in some (if not all) cases it requires the target to exists before creating the 
symlink

shortcuts are weird themselves
but their flexibility is more friendly to unix symlink semantics

uwin creates symlinks as shortcuts
but it accepts all of the win32 shortcut/symlink incarnations

On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:50:20 +0200 =?KOI8-R?B?z8zYx8Egy9LZ1sHOz9fTy8HR?= wrote:
> Glenn, can you explain how UWIN does symlinks, and how they differ
> from Windows Vista symlinks, and how these differ from traditional
> UNIX symlinks and NFSv4 referral points
> (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00 ,
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19963-01/html/821-1454/gjuaj.html)?

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